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WEDNESDAY'S MENU -- SHEPHERD'S PIE
It's been so cold and drizzly here (ok, downpour-y, actually!) that I was thinking that an organic Amy's Shepherd's Pie is just what I needed for a yummilicious, hearty part of a healthy lunch today. (It's meatless, but amply laden with beans, veggies and gravy plus it's topped with mashed 'taters!) And at only 160 calories a serving, it fits nicely into my 400 calorie lunch and gives me room to add fresh veggies (spinach and artichoke) and some additional lean protein. (happy sigh)
Dinner tonight is pretty basic ... some grilled chicken, an english muffin, some acorn squash, some green beans, and a crunchy salad of cucumbers, tomatoes and radishes. Some of you have probably noticed that I never eat lettuce, huh? That's right ... my digestive system (which does just fine with cabbage, spinach, and countless other veggies), just does NOT do well with lettuce of ANY sort -- so we never buy it! (Just one of my many quirks, huh?)
I was looking at my dinner protein list (I keep lists for everything, don't I?) and see that I need to plan another egg dinner, an ostrich dinner, and two more lean beef dinners this month. And I am sure that there will be a shrimp scampi in there, as well. (And we are going out with friends one night to Applebee's, where I will get the grilled Tilapia!) Then I just need to plan five more dinners after that and December will be done. (I am sure that they will likely be chicken, and maybe turkey.) I also think about vegetable variety a lot, ensuring that I am mixing things up enough to get a nice variety and all my vitamins/nutrients. (I am currently taking a brief break from brussell sprouts, onions and mushrooms as I was getting a wee bit burnt out!) Sometimes when I start planning ahead like this I wonder if this is normal, and have concluded that, no, it's not. But, then again, not much about me IS normal, hee hee hee!
BREAKFAST
one cup Kashi Go Lean cereal (140 calories)
one half cup unsweetened vanilla Almond Breeze (20 calories)
one toasted Thomas' light multigrain english muffin (100 calories)
two tablespoons of roasted red pepper hummus (32 calories)
one cube, Laughing Cow light gourmet cheese bites (7 calories)
LUNCH
Amy's organic Shepherd's Pie (160 calories)
six hardboiled egg whites (103 calories)
one slice Kraft fat free sharp cheddar (31 calories)
one garlic-infused artichoke (60 calories)
six ounces of steamed spinach (39 calories)
DINNER
one toasted Thomas' light multigrain english muffin (100 calories)
grilled chicken breast, skinless (200 calories)
eight ounces of fresh green beans (50 calories)
one-half roasted acorn squash (86 calories)
one medium cucumber, diced (24 calories)
one cup of cherry tomatoes, halved (27 calories)
one cup of sliced radishes (19 calories)
TOTAL CALORIES: 1199 (not including after-dinner snacks)
TOTAL FIBER: 57 grams
VEGGIE SERVINGS: 13
NUTRITIONAL BREAKDOWN (9.4% fat / 37.2% protein / 53.4% carbs)
New thing for me!! I have decided to try to keep my sodium around 1,500 mg plus my carbs around 50% and also try to have proteins higher than my fats. Today the goal is accomplished!! I don't think I can tweak what I want from my diet much more than what I am doing, I have it figured out for today and also tomorrow. Tomorrow you will all think I am nuts because most of my protein comes from whey protein shakes. These do seem to be great because they are pretty low in sodium, and extremely high in protein.
Wed, Dec 19 2007
Breakfast
Fiber One 1/2 cup-60
skim milk 1/2 cup-45
peanut butter 2 tbs- 180
whey protein 1 cup-110
Oats, Regular And Quick And Instant, Unenriched - Cooked With Water, Without Salt 1 cup-147
Lunch
Spinach - Raw 1 cup-7
Sweetpotato - Cooked, Baked In Skin, Without Salt 1 med-103
fruit salad 1/2 cup-60
fleishmanns spread 6 30
whey protein 1 cup-110
skim milk 1/2 cup-45
Broccoli - Raw 1 cup-30
Dinner
Vegan Burgers - BOCA Organic Soy or NAPF Products 1 burger-100
thomas light multi-grain 1 english muffin-100
Olive Oil 1 tsp-44
olive oil spread 1 tbs-60
Spinach - Raw 1 cup-7
Total Calories Consumed 1,238
Nutrition Report
Fat - 26.3% (43 grams)
Protein - 26.6% (97 grams)
Carbohydrates - 47.1% (171 grams)
Daily Sodium Intake - 1,525 mg This is awesome dude! lol I need to get &nb sp; my blood pressure down
Daily Fiber Intake - 42 grams
Nutrition Grade A
I had a good week. I have lost 2#. I have settled around a 1400 calorie diet, most days. Some days, about once a week for the past two weeks, I had a full 2000 calorie diet. But, I am not binge eating, not what I'd call EMOTIONAL eating (you know, can't stop at one hoho, so there goes the box!), so, from where I'm at, I'm doing good.
I read you all almost daily...you're INSPIRATIONAL. Between diets and exercise and advice, great chats happen here. I don't log in regularly, but, I'm out there experimenting, too, with what works for me. Yep, still at it...marking time and really enjoying learning about myself along the way because I am just beginning to appreciate that that is really what this journey is about. Learning what makes me tick: what behavior makes me lose and how to control the behavior that makes me gain.
Now, am I going to get back on that horse today? Yesterday we had some mighty tasty Chinese food. I'll be darned, yep, I guess I am back to cabbage leaves and measured servings.
Take care all!
1,676 calories, Grade A.
Fat - 25.0% (48 grams)
Protein - 29.9% (129 grams)
Carbohydrates - 45.1% (195 grams)
Alcohol - 0.0%
Other - 0.0%
Daily Sodium Intake - 2,697 mg
Daily Cholesterol Intake - 259 mg
Daily Fiber Intake - 26 grams
Burn meter at 2,158 after about 20 minutes of some weights/squats, stuff like that. Not too strenuois or however you spell that. So my defecit comes to 482. I ate little more than I thought, would have liked it 150 or so calories less. I didn't add my dinner in until this morning and then I realized it was more than I thought. Who cares though, on to today!
I saute some mushrooms last night and they were yummy!!! I now love mushrooms. I did it in no cal fat free cooking spray than added a little teriyaki sauce. Though I think I'll just only do the cooking spray, because I couldn't taste the teriyaki much anyway. Yay, one more veggie incorporated into my diet. I'm thinking of trying some greens (thanks to Molly^), but I'm just plain scared! I tried collard greens a few years ago, but they were not my thing. Maybe I'll try to buy more squash and experiment with them. The only ones I like are yellow and zuchinni, can't stand those ones like butternut and accorn. I love asparagus, but I don't get it that often because it's so expensive and I'm on a budget here. Hhhmmmm????
Oh and DWF, what's EVOO???? I want to try roasting veggies like you said, but I don't know what that is? :)
First, EVOO is Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
I am sitting here eating the most ineresting most filling bowl of oatmeal I have ever had. I cooked my one cup of oatmeal and then added a scoop of vanilla flavored whey protein and also added my 2 tbs. of peanut butter, had to add some Splenda to make it a little more sweet. It is different tasting but not bad and it gets all of that down at once, only problem is I am getting totally stuffed trying to swallow this thick stuff. Kinda tastes light a oatmeal peanut butter cookie that got wet...lol.
Hope everyone has a blessed day, I will be running around today trying to buy gifts, wrap gifts and get my car fixed. The car has been peeing power steering fluid all over the place, hope they don't keep it too long, while it is at the garage I will be using a car from our pastor. The one I am borrowing doesn't have a radio,...no Christmas music....oh no!!
Will check in again later...bye.
Original Post by danceswithforks:
With some Soup like WolfGang Bucks Tortilla or Tomato yumO
Hey I ddn't know we had Rachael Ray in here.....lol (yumO) I sure am stuffed and it's not down yet!!
Love that 'wet peanut butter cookie'!!! 
Couldn't count yesterday- went out with two daughters- but did good! I was full quickly, too! (Tom gain is on, so weight is going up temporarily.) Did plenty of walking, too.
Shades of Molly~~~~~ I had grilled catfish!!! 
Both grilled fish+cats! It was pretty good! Thanks for loaning us courage to try different things, Molly!
Have a GREAT day, everybody!!! (Lots of water, fidget! and chew gum, lol!!!)
Every little bit helps! 
You all have a great day!
Thanks for sharing your coffee break!
It was fun visiting those neat places! And old times...
I live...
"Way down South,
In the land of Cotton.
Where, Old Times, here,
Are not forgotten...
Look away... Look away... Look awa-ayy!!!!!!!
Dixie Land! "
I Love old places and times!
Appreciate my nice labor-saver stuff, though, lol!!!
Need those Banjo's again with that, lol!!!
Your home and table sound cool!!! 
Share pictures when you can!!! Pleeaaasssssseeeeeee!!!
Ha! Sounds like a classic case of 'Cabin Fever' to me...
Outside!
Now!!!
Lol!!!
I can't escape the phone- need to get this poor home some help!
Drinking tea! * hehehe! *
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Bagpipe music!!! Want to learn to play a bagpipe, lol!!!
May I stay in the gang, anyway??? Lol!!!
I can't keep up w/ you all, but I will try with an update! Twas a beautiful day today, the sun out and about 45 degrees, I enjoyed it too, Forks. (For music, you might also try station 90.9, the classical one. I wake up to it, and listen until 9 am or so, starts my day well...) Went and rode my bike downtown and back at lunchtime, about 23 miles all together. Then tonight to core strength/circuit training (GRB -- Giant Rubber Band) class -- pretty intense for 60 minutes.
My trainer has identified some weakness and lack of flexibility on my right side. sometimes I have knee pain there, and it looks like I've been overcompensating for literally years. He is working with me to get me back in "balance," to improve my strength and ability to be fitter. I have high hopes for this process; it's a 12-week program so we'll re-evaluate after week 3 and then plan for the workouts 3 weeks at a time.
I've been drinking water like crazy, I'm hopeful this week the body will give up some weight, I can see some toning and shrinking going on in my waist. (tho my rear is still as wide as ever...I try to love it 'cause it's a family trait...LOL)
I was reflecting today on weight loss through the years. All my "major" losses have been on the basis of pretty severe calorie restriction (eg 1000 or 1200 for 4 - 6 months); then I gain it all slowly back. I think I'm impatient and was always advised the way you lose weight is to eat less and exercise more (eg through family doctor beginning as a teenager -- you can tell those years are impressionable!) So even in this last round of work (since Feb 2006), it has taken me until now to accept the "eat to lose" premise. (and I still struggle with it -- believing it TRULY!)
So with this in mind, I ate 1871 calories today, and burned 2938, for a deficit of 1067. Bumped my carbs up to 60 percent, too, for my endurance heartrate bike ride. We'll see if that's enough. Here's the stats:
Fat - 21.8% (48 grams)
Protein - 17.5% (86 grams)
Carbohydrates - 60.7% (299 grams)
Alcohol - 0.0%
Other - 0.0%
Daily Sodium Intake - 918 mg
Daily Cholesterol Intake - 141 mg
Daily Fiber Intake - 43 grams
Deliciousness of the Day -- roasted chicken shredded on a baked potato, with seasoned broccoli rabe and light Alouette cheese spread.
News of Note: SO had a great review at work; they are "grooming" him to take over as the plant manager in 18 months or so. We'll have to talk this through on the holiday trip down south. He works so hard, I'm so proud of him!
Shout outs: BB -- got a vision of you playing the bango on the mighty Mississip, woohoo! Molly, we're here for ya, hope you can do some longer workouts real soon (have you ever tried yoga, there are very gentle versions...), 4SQ, congrats on DH getting the extra hours, that always helps, Mel -- keep sharing your cooking adventures, love to hear about 'em. Other friends, I'm just learning your names, hope to know you all better soon.
TTFN (tatafornow)
- RG
My plans to finish tonight... plans...! Lol!
Breakfast
Fiber One A 31 62
Coffee, Instant, Regular, Powder B+ 12
Original Lite - Coffee-mate Powder 4 20
Sugar Light Brown - Granulated, Brown & Powdered Sugar 6 23
Lunch
Egg, Whole - Raw, Fresh B 50 74
Deli Skinless Natural Hickory Smoked Turkey Breast 57 51
Hellmans' Canola Lower Calorie, 1 Tbs. D+ 13 45
Sara Lee 100% Multi-grain Bread B- 23 45
Sara Lee 100% Multi-grain Bread B- 23 45
Tea, Brewed - Prepared With Distilled Water 29 73
Chicken, Breast - Meat And Skin, Cooked, Roasted B- 98 193
Sauce, Kraft Barbecue Sauce Original C- 17 20
Chicken, Breast - Meat And Skin, Cooked, Roasted B- 58 114
Sauce, Kraft Barbecue Sauce Original C- 9 10
Sweetpotato - Cooked, Baked In Skin, Without Salt A 90 81
Ghirardelli Dark Collection Squares C 13 63
Apples A 106 55
Almonds B+ 8 46
Grapefruit - Raw, Pink And Red, All Areas A 123 52
Fiber One A 15 30
Ghirardelli Dark Collection Squares C 13 63
Ghirardelli Dark Collection Squares C 13 63
Pomegranates A 77 52
Total Calories Consumed 1,213
Nutrition Report
Fat - 27.6% (41 grams)
Protein - 24.8% (84 grams)
Carbohydrates - 47.7% (161 grams)
Alcohol - 0.0%
Other - 0.0%
Daily Sodium Intake - 1,573 mg
Daily Cholesterol Intake - 368 mg
Daily Fiber Intake - 39 grams
Nutrition Grade A-
2007-12-19 1,213
This is difficult for me! * whew! * I'm not a typist! 
Got to spend night away from home, taking special chocolate for comforting, carry on everybody!
Drinking the last bottle of water for the day, then off to bed. Have an early day (6:30) tomorrow and meetings in the morning.
Have a healthy Thursday!
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